Hope you're having a great weekend. I'm trying to find my way back to my paintbrushes. In the meantime, I pulled lots of pieces of printed fabric out of storage and scattered them about on tables and chairs. Of course, that created visual chaos. So I immediately began editing them back out of sight, save for a few of which I might actually attempt to sew into something!!! While "editing" I took these photos. Taking photos--and especially "curating" them-- is a great way to train the eye.

This afternoon, I spent awhile reading Cathy Cullis' "Dye Studio" tutorials on her blog. Her process for dying small pieces of fabric with plants is very similar to making sun tea. It's all so low-tech and so "Slow-Cloth-like" that it makes me want to order some mordant this minute and get started. See Cathy's lovely blueberry and onion skin fabrics and her gorgeous hand- and machine-stitched beauties here. Find out about the Slow Cloth movement here.

A serendipity of sitting at my computer while creating this post was the huge male Flicker that climbed the tree trunk 10 feet beyond my window. His coloring was as vibrant as the browns and pink/reds in my painting, above. :)

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Interesting to see parts of the process here Gloria...Sometimes its so good to pull things out and re-explore them... look at all the possibilities... love the view out into your garden!have a great week!Sophie

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